procere
English
Etymology
From Latin procerus (“tall”).
Adjective
procere (comparative more procere, superlative most procere)
- (obsolete) Of high stature; tall.
- 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber
- Such lignous and woody plants as are hard of substance, procere of stature, that are thick and solid, and stiffly adhere to the ground on which they stand.
- 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber
Anagrams
- precore
Italian
Adjective
procere
- feminine plural of procero
Anagrams
- creperò
Latin
Verb
procēre
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of procor
- second-person singular present passive subjunctive of procō
Adjective
prōcēre
- vocative masculine singular of prōcērus
References
- procere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- procere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette